Sonia Dresdel
Known for Acting · 25 credits
- Born
- 1909-05-05
- Died
- 1976-01-18
- Place of birth
- Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lois Obee
Biography
Sonia Dresdel (5 May 1909 - 18 January 1976) was an English actress, whose career ran between the 1940s and 1970s.
She was born Lois Obee in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and was educated at Aberdeen High School for Girls.
Her leading role in the 1947 film While I Live gained her a great deal of acclaim. In the film she plays Julia Trevelyan, a spinster living in a lonely cliff top house in Cornwall and haunted by the death of her sister 25 years earlier.
Her most noted role was that of "Mrs. Baines" in the 1948 film version of Graham Greene's The Fallen Idol, which starred Ralph Richardson and Michèle Morgan.
The film received Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (Sir Carol Reed) and Best Screenplay.
Known For
TV Shows (13)
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Headmistress
Maigret
1960
The Onedin Line
1971
as Lady Lazenby
Sykes
1972
as Lady Dorothy / Agatha Millhampton
The Human Jungle
1963
as Agnes
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Countess
The Pallisers
1974
as Marchioness of Auld Reekie
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Olivia Russell
The Caesars
1968
as Livia
Lizzie Dripping
1973
as The Witch
The Man in the Iron Mask
1968
as Duchesse de Chevreuse
Mystery of Edwin Drood
1960
The Mill on the Floss
1965
as Mrs. Glegg
Movies (12)
The Fallen Idol
1948
as Mrs. Baines
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Lady Wilde
The Clouded Yellow
1950
as Jess Fenton
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Lady Pont
Now and Forever
1956
as Miss Fox
The Break
1963
as Sarah
This Was a Woman
1948
as Sylvia Russell
The Third Visitor
1951
as Steffy Millington
While I Live
1947
as Julia Trevelyan
The World Owes Me a Living
1945
as Eve Heathley
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Professor Louise Mellroy
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Red Queen
About Sonia Dresdel
Sonia Dresdel (5 May 1909 - 18 January 1976) was an English actress, whose career ran between the 1940s and 1970s. She was born Lois Obee in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and was educated at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her leading role in the 1947 film While I Live gained her a great deal of acclaim. In the film she plays Julia Trevelyan, a spinster living in a lonely cliff top house in Cornwall and haunted by the death of her sister 25 years earlier. Her most noted role was that of "Mrs. Baines" in the 1948 film version of Gr… With 25 credits spanning from 1945 to 1974, Sonia Dresdel has appeared in 12 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sonia Dresdel Movies
- The Fallen Idol (1948) — as Mrs. Baines
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) — as Lady Wilde
- The Clouded Yellow (1950) — as Jess Fenton
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) — as Lady Pont
- Now and Forever (1956) — as Miss Fox
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